Dr Aine O’Reilly
Senior Manager in Quality Assurance and Enhancement
Dr Aine O’Reilly is Senior Manager in Quality Assurance and Enhancement at IICP College.
Aine holds a Doctorate in Education from Maynooth University, a Masters in Psychology from Bolton University and a BSc in Psychology from University College Dublin. Aine also holds professional qualifications: as a solicitor, received from the Law Society of Ireland and as a Family Therapist, received from the Clanwilliam Institute, Dublin. She is a registered Family Therapist with the Family Therapy Association of Ireland and Psychotherapist with the European Association of Psychotherapy.
Aine has a particular interest in regulatory discourses in education and the professions. Her higher research degrees (Masters in Psychology and Doctorate in Education) focused on practice frameworks that promote ethical, high quality professional service delivery. Throughout her career her principle engagements have been in policy, regulatory, quality and evaluation fields within the professional and education sectors. Aine has worked simultaneously in practice and policy fields, which has given her considerable insight into how policies operate in the practice arena.
Aine is also an experienced tutor and lecturer in diverse areas including professional ethics, psychotherapeutic theory and practice, family therapy, academic writing and research.
Revisiting the FTAI Code of Ethics: A matter of identity? Feedback – the Journal of the Family Therapy Association of Ireland, 2015
Discourses of Quality in Family Therapy Training. Human Systems, 38: 2014.
Re-Visioning Quality Assurance in Higher and Professional Education Doctoral Thesis, Maynooth University, 2014
Recognition of Prior Learning: A Critical Appraisal. Level3, 2010. Available online at https://arrow.tudublin.ie/level3/vol8/iss1/5/
Gains and Losses in Family Therapy. Inside Out, 1999.
The Sexual Abuse of People with Learning Difficulties. Frontline, 1997.
Child Centered Practice with Adolescents. Inside Out, 1997.
Mandatory Reporting of the Abuse of Children Journal of Child Centered Practice, 2:2 1995.
Power/Knowledge and the Reflecting Team Feedback. 1994.
Rejoinder to Tom Anderson. Feedback, 1994.
The Use of Telephone Helplines in Combating Childhood Adversity. In Ferguson et al (eds.) Combating Childhood Adversity, Trinity College: Dublin (1994).
Towards a Child Centered Framework. Journal of Child Centered Practice, 1:1 1994.
Academic and Professional Writing: The struggle for voice 9th Congress of the European Family Therapy Association, Athens, 2016
Negotiating contested discourses: The Clanwilliam Institute practice framework. 9th Congress of the European Family Therapy Association, Athens, 2016
Fostering Academic and Professional Writing: The Clanwilliam Institute Writing Support Service. Quality and Qualifications Ireland [QQI] Quality Enhancement Seminar. Farmleigh, Dublin, May 2015.
Regulation and Psychotherapy: For whom? To what ends? Who benefits? Family Therapy Association of Ireland Annual General Meeting Keynote Address, Dublin, March 2014.
Recognising prior learning in psychotherapy training: How can we determine equivalence of learning? 8th Congress of the European Family Therapy Association, Istanbul, 2013
Quality assurance and family therapy training. 8th Congress of the European Family Therapy Association, Istanbul, October 2013 (Joint presentation).
Quality in family therapy training: integrating theory and practice. 8th Congress of the European Family Therapy Association, Istanbul, October 2013 (Joint presentation).
Training in Family Therapy: Integrating Content, Form and Relationship. European Family Therapy Association Trainers Conference, Toulouse, France, September, 2009 (Joint presentation).
The Implications of the Bologna Process for Family Therapy Training. European Family Therapy Association Trainers Conference, Toulouse, France, September, 2009.
Constructing A Code of Professional Ethics. Irish Council for Psychotherapy Conference, Dublin, June 2007.
Stories of Ability and Disability. Theory, Practice and Experience of Therapy with a Person with Intellectual and Physical Difficulties. Traditions and Transitions. 9th Annual Congress of the European Association of Psychotherapy, Dublin, June, 2000
An Exploration of the Usefulness of Systemic Therapy in the lives of People with Learning Difficulties. Traditions and Transitions. 9th Annual Congress of the European Association of Psychotherapy, Dublin, June, 2000.
Sexual Abuse of People with Learning Difficulties. Law, Policy and Practice. Sexuality and Learning Difficulties Conference, Dublin, June 1997
The Role of Telephone Helplines in Combating Childhood Adversity. Combating Childhood Adversity, Dublin, June 1994.
Child Centered Practice Workshop. Psychological Society of Ireland Annual Conference, November, 2003
The Policies and Practices of Childline (Ireland). Telephone Helplines: Policy and Practice, NSPCC; Milton Keynes, 1992.